Drying-frame support



Nov. 6, 1928. 1,690,458

L. w. RICKEY DRYING FRAME SUPPORT Fiied oct. 11, 1926 2 sheets-sheet 1 'fquRfz 4 Nov. 6, 1928. 1,690,458

l.. w. RICKEY DRYING FRAME SUPPORT Filed Oct..ll, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i3 E. 34 J J A H F- -R I IV IIE/V701? ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

UNITED STATES I 1,690,458 PATENT OFFICE.

LOREN W.' RICKEY, or'sANTA CRUZ, CALnronivia AssGNon or ONE-HALF 'ro WILLIAM o. KERRICK, or SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA.

DRYING-FRAME SUPPORT.

` Application filed` October 11, 1926. i Serial No. 140,937;

rfhis invention relates particularly to a support for that type of drying frame for curtains described in: my` Patent No. 1,555,- T58, September 29;, 1925.

It is the object oi the present invention to provide a support for the drying frame that will obviate the necessity of providing an overhead suspension therefor.

lt is another object to provide a structure of the character indicated that is simple in iorm, economical in construction'.l and quick ly and easily extended for use or collapsed when not in use.

It is also an object to provide a structure oi the nature indicated that will provide a iirm and substantial support for the drying trame at all times.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation oit a structure embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same, part being broken away.

Figure 3 is a perspective illustration ot a portion of the structure showing the pivotal mounting of the frame supportingr arms.

Figure 4 is a sectional View on line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Referring `more particularly to the drawing, I show at 1 a heater element arranged. in a vertical position and provided with a vertically arranged channel iron 2 along each side edge as shown. The outer sides ot these irons are provided with openings as 3 at each end as shown, and midway between the ends of the channel irons 2 are Jformed sockets 4.

At 5 is shown a stretcher frame having a central dividing partition 6. On each side of the partition 6 is mounted a suitable curtain stretching mechanism indicated generally by the characters 7 and 7, the operating mechanism not being shown.

At each end of frame 5 and coinciding with its longitudinal axis are pivot pins 8, and equally spaced from these pins and positioned on the four corners of the frame 5 are rollers 9. These rollers 9 are adapted to pass throughthe openings 3 inchannel irons 2 to engage the channels therein, and the pivot pins 8 are adapted to engage the sockets 4.

Pivotally mounted on the outside of each channel 2 as at 10 is an arm 11 with its upper surface lying flush with the lower edge of the adjacent socket 4,this end of the arm lVhen not in use the stretcher trame 5 lies in the plane of the channel irons 2 as shown in Figure 4, this also being the position of the frame when a curtain is drying thereon. In this position both rollers 9 and pins 8 are seated in the channel 5. When it is desired to revolve the frame 5 in order that the dried curtain'may be removed and a wet one mounted in it-s place the upper end of the trame 5 is pulled outwardly thereby causing the pins 8 to roll out on the arms 11 and the bottom rollers 9 to move upwardly in the channels 2. When these bottom roll.- ers pass the sockets 4 the pins 8 move inwardly again until they engage the sockets 4 y and the rollers on what is now the bottom ofthe trame 5 enter the openings 3 at the bottom of the'channels 2.

Vhen the device is not in use the arms 11 may be swung up into a. vertical position as shown in dotted lines at 17, the legs 13 folding into the position 18. The weight 12 isv sutlicient to hold these parts in their inoperative positions.

It is to be understood, of course, that while I have herein shown and described but one specific embodiment of the invention, changes in form, construction and method of operation may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A structure of the character described, comprising a supporting trame and a stretcher trame, a sliding engagement between the two frames, a supporting arm pivotally mounted on the supporting frame intermediate its ends and a support for the outer end oi said arm hingedly connected thereto and extending a distance beyond the same, a flexible connection between said end of said arm and the upper portion of the supporting frame7 and pivotal means c arried by said stretcher frame and engaging said supporting arm.

2. A structure of the character described, comprising a supporting frame and a stretcher frame, guideways in the supportsupporting frame in opposed krelation to each other and provided withl openings in each end thereof and a socket midway between said openings, rollers mounted on the stretcher frame and adapted to pass through said openings and engage said guideways, pivots mounted on the longitudinal axis of said stretcher frame and adapted to engage said sockets, collapsible supports connected to the supporting frame and means for slidably supporting said pivots on the collapsible supports.

LOREN W. RICKEY. 

